@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt13x1srh.6, ISBN = {9780300192032}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt13x1srh.6}, abstract = {In a letter written from Paris and dated 9 June 1657, Sir Kenelm Digby expresses his gratitude to Margaret Cavendish (1623?–1673), the Marchioness—later Duchess—of Newcastle, for the gift of one of her books: “The worthy present which your Excellency hath been pleased to make me by Mr.Slaughter, hath strucken me into new admiration of your goodness and knowledge.”¹ Praising its “abundant matter,” Digby does not refer to the book by title, but given the date of the letter and the works by Cavendish listed in theBibliotheca Digbeiana, it was probably either herPoems, and Fancies}, bookauthor = {Seth Lobis}, booktitle = {The Virtue of Sympathy: Magic, Philosophy, and Literature in Seventeenth-Century England}, pages = {69--109}, publisher = {Yale University Press}, title = {The “Self-Themes” of Margaret Cavendish and Thomas Hobbes}, year = {2015} }